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STUDENT SPOTLIGHT: THE GREATEST GAMES EVER

You have before you a list of the greatest Nintendo games ever. all ground-breaking in their day. In BRIAN O'ROURKE Brian O'Rourke doing this list. we had to first define what a great game was. First of all. the "influence" of these games Editor in Chief was not a factor in determining their worth. The reason being--even the most vile things (like "'The Macarena" or Adolf Hitler) may have had a huge influence on society, but they are in no way great. and So. what is a great game? A game that you had to finish. but were sorry when there was no more Dan Giordano of it to play. A game that kept you inside. even on the most beautiful of days. A game that you come Staff Writer back to. after years of not playing. and enjoy it just as much. A game that made you rearrange your life to play it more; a game that you look back on with nostalgia; a game that you ransack your attic trying to find. In short. a great game possesses all or most of the qualities of the games below.

CASILEVANIA Lo oki ng for a tough hero? Here' s one: Simon Belmont. the vampire hunter doing battle with armies of the undead. llis game scared the living hell out of you; it made you check under the bed before you 1 went to sleep.

TEcMo B OWL First of all. calm down. at least it . s on the list The name says it all. When you scored a touchdown you gave your buddy a high five ... and boy was it high. All I need to say is: Waher Payton or Bo Jackson AND 9 Marcus Allen.

Ninja Gaiden If this list were "Games with Best Plots." Ninja Gaiden would be number two. right after Legend of Zelda. Remember the movie-like scenes between the stages? There was so much intrigue and so many 8 plot-twists. The game brimmed with excitement and suspense. It also had one hell of a tough hero.

RC PRo-AM llis game set the stage for all racing games of the future. llink about it: you raced on a track. the weather conditions varied. you could hurl projectiles at other cars (ringing any bells?) What new features (besides the graphics) have they given -Kart? llis is the classic; the standard by which all other What's your pet peet'e: 7 racing games would have to live up to. Political Correctness. Irrational People

If you could describe yourself in one word. what would it be? Intrepid DoUBlE DRIBBlE What's your most embarrasing moment? The only game where you can get "Larry Bird" to dunk from the foul line. The interesting call sign. cubel dwibel. is recognizable to anyone who played it. Remember the woooooo sound when you shot a When I sat on some gum in 4th grade. 6 three? It· s two player action was one of the best ever. Do you have a hidden ambition? To write the greatest novel ever. CoNIRA If you could be any cartoon character, who would you be? The ultimate buddy-buddy war game. 10 this day, everyone still knows the code: UP. UP. Down. Down. Homer Simpson Left. Right. etc. Just as an aside. this code worked for every Konami game before 1989 (like Life Force. Gradius. etc.). llis game introduced you to just how many different ways you can shoot something out of a gun ( "S" was the best). Bring it on alien scum! What is your most proud accomplishment? 5 Getting a Naval ROTC scholarship. then dropping out without having to pay the money back!

Is there anythillg you can do without? BLADES OF STEEL Liberals and Democrats (same thing). Fascists. Socialists. llis game pitted you against your best friend. and turned you into arch rivals. The rules of the game: whoever loses the fistfight gets dragged off the ice and thrown into the penalty box. God Bless you if Communists, Anarchists. Nihilists. Christian Fundamentalists. you ever got into a penalty shot overtime--the nail-biting. edge-of-your-seat suspense makes this game one some Conservatives. Think that about covers it. Oh yeah. and 'I of the greatest. Relativists.

Is there a TV show that you don't miss? SUPER MARIo BR01HERS 3 The Man Show We • re not just playing lip service to the 5MB dynasty here; we actually think this game merits this honor. The game that dared you to fly. In a world where thirds are not the charm for entertainment People might be surprised to know that I: (Godafather. Alien) this one. we dare say, is better than the other two combined. With arguably one of the Actually enjoyed taking Latin in high school. hardest last levels ever. throws his Army, Navy, and Air Force at you. This game took hours away 3 from your life ....but . man. was it worth it. Boxers or Briefs? Neither, I don ' t wear underwear! MIKE TYsoN'S PuNCH-Our llis was one of the first games that came to our minds while we were compiling our list. A multitude Do you have a favorite musician? of interesting characters: Glass Joe. Macho Man. Soda Popinski. Bald Bull. Don Flamengo (notice the star­ Bruce Springsteen tling resemblance to the picture in Student Spotlight). Von Kaiser, Piston Honda. Mario even made a cameo appearance as referee. llis was a game that made you the little guy, the underdog. and dared you Any fa vorite authors? 2 to go up against Mike Tyson in the ring. In fact. I can still "punch-in" Mike 1Yson . s code in under three Ayn Rand. Victor Hugo. Alexandre Dumas seconds: 007 373 5963.

THE LEGEND OF ZEIDA Undisputedly the best game ever. for any system. Zelda teems with excitement. There ' s action. adventure. intrigue. suspense. mystery, a dashing hero (Link). a beautiful damsel in distress (). countless terrifying henchmen. and one of the greatest villains ever created (). Simply a 1 masterpiece. The first game that ever made you think. llis game made you feel like a hero.

Honorable Mention: Excitebike. Star Wars, Metroid. PIlI. Paperboy, Kid Icarus. Super Mario Bros. Battletoads. MEN'S BASKETBALL THE DOME PAGE 84 JANUARY 28, 2000 REMAINS SUCCESSFEL PORTS The poll is in and the Pioneer Men's Basketball NEW FACES FOR SUPERBOWL Team ranks high.

Pam Gargano The NCAA Pam Gargano Te nne sse e Moving on to the Super Bowl on Sunday, Sports Editor released its first region- Sports Editor parlayed a new January 30th will be the Tennessee Titans and name and a new the St. Louis Rams. A new millennium equals al poll and the Pioneers stadium into a new and long awaited teams to the champi­ are ranked third in the newly minted success this season. This onship. This may result in being one of the Mid-Atlantic Region behind Albright and Catholic. transforming team's turnaround was com­ most enjoyable Super Bowls over the last cou­ Albright defeated Widener, 72-65, in the first round pleted with a convincing 33-14 victory over ple of years. of the Middle Atlantic Conference Commonwealth the Jacksonville Jaguars. League Play in December. The running of Steve McNair and a Recently, the Pioneers have won convinc­ defense, which forced six turnovers and ingly over Messiah, but fell slightly short against recorded a safety, gave the Titans the win and Lebanon Valley. The win over Messiah served as their first trip to the Super Bowl in the forty­ ~ Widener's seventh straight victory and tenth in 11 year history of the franchise. games. Mike Siuchta scored 15 of his game high 20 St. Louis stepped out of the shadows of the points in the second half. Frank DeLuca con­ San Francisco 4gers in the NFC West, under tributed 14 points, Chaz Williamson 13, and Chris the direction of NFL MVP Kurt Warner. ~ Hightower had 10. Although no much of an obvious win as his The Pioneers moved into a three-way tie first playoff game, Warner got the job done for second place as Susquehanna knocked off top­ along with Offensive Player of the Year, seed Albright. Unfortunately, Widener fell short to Marshall Faulk. a strong Lebanon Valley team, 80-77. Four Pioneers The Ram's offense struggled on Sunday, ~ reached dou ble figures in scoring with Williamson but one big pass play from Warner to Ricky leading the way with 24 points. DeLuca had 18 Proehl was enough to secure and 11-6 win points; Tim Whalen and Mike Siuchta both had 11. over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

LADY PIONEERS IN BIG SLUMP, FLYERS' TRADE COACH GETTING UPSET AND COMPLEETE IMPATIENT WITH TEAM The Flyers finalize their deal with the Hurricanes, trading Mike Sager Why did team headed to Lebanon Valley where Rod Brind'Amour to Carolina Sports Writer the they faced a mediocre team. The Women's game got out of hand early for the for Keith Primeau Basketball Pioneers as Lebanon Valley jumped • Team all of a sudden lose 7 out of out to a 13-4 lead in the early going Pam Gargano . The Carolina their last 8 games? Well, that 's the and built up a 29-9 lead. Lebanon Sports Editor Hurricanes ended a question most people want answered, Valley went on to win 84-62. five-month contract especially coach Maureen Gorman. Widener was held without a field goal dispute with former captain and all-star Keith After a loss before the Christmas for a six-and-a-half minute stretch Primeau by trading him Sunday to the Flyers for Break to Kings in the Aimee Willard and held to just 17 points in the first Rod Brind ' Amour. Tournament where Lauren Potchack half. Kim Rooney led Widener with Primeau, who had 30 goals last season, and Melanie Weindel were named to 13 points, Corinne Gawason had a said he signed a five-year, $22.75 million contract the 3rd Annual AlI=I'ournament team. team-high six rebounds with twelve with the Flyers and should be in uniform Thursday That game started the downhill skid points, and Jackie Sweeney regis­ night. of the basketball team. tered 10 points. After losses to #7 Rowan, #6 "I 'm not mad, just disap­ Brind ' Amour, an 11-year-old NHL veter­ Scranton, and Elizabethtown, they pointed," said coach Gorman, who got an, had played in 484 straight games before missing thought Juniata would be a little eas­ thrown out of the game in the second the first 34 games this season with a broken left ier. Well, that did not happen. A loss half with two technical fouls. The foot. Since returning to the lineup, Brind ' Amour by 24 really put a lot of pressure on Lady Pioneers get back home to face has 8 points in 12 games. the team as it headed into the game Susquehanna on Saturday at 1:00 and On paper the deal is a smart move for each versus Washington. They surprised then Albright at 6:00 on Wednesday. organization. Only time will tell what the Flyers can me ho w they came out and put So come out and root for this strug­ produce without the all-around hard work and ded­ Washington away early and went on gling team, so just maybe they get a ication of a faithful Rod Brind 'Amour. The Flyers to win, 89-64. Then last Saturday, turnaround which they desperately are trading this for Primeau, a star player who has­ after a loss to Messiah at home, the need. n ' t played this season.

IN OTHER ACTION GOING ON THIS WIDENER SPORTS WIZARD WEEKEND

Mike Sager This is would have any other division, if it COLLEGE PRO sports Writer HOCKEY my first wasn't for Jacksonville. On the BASKETBALL BASKETBALL week in other hand, St. Louis has shown me The Dome and I am happy that that they are definitely capable of Ir --K-E-N-T- UC-K-y"""l r;l M,LWAUKEE I 1 RANG,RS 1 Widener has given me the chance winning the big game. They have a ~.======:_ 0 G EJ to expand my national coverage. potent offense and a very strong I IG MIAMI 95 1 OTTAWA 1[] This week is the biggest defense, which was S'ATTL' 1G week in sports. onl TITANS Ir-;;lshown off versus ....----- ... Sunday, the Super Bowl L.:JMinnesota. Titans do _-----...

will be :Iayed and . twol RAMS ~hm ' . good defenoe·1 M,CH,GAN 1r;;J I'LANO'RS I MIAMI IG I EJ teams With a combilled. _ LJbut Without a good ~.======:_ LJ record of 26-6. The passing game the Rams I INDIANA Ir;l INDIANA SHARKS Tennessee Titans who upset the will be looking for the rush every LJ 1G 10 Jacksonville Jaguars last week 33-14 down and that will help them sit has made a believer out of me after back in the zone and pick off I I~ going farther than most people M,Nai, many time,. Thi, will be: S. FLORIDA : t..:J PHlLAomHIA G DEVI" 1tJ expected. Even though the Titans the biggest game for both teams r;;, had a record of 13a overall and since joining the league. CINCINNATI ~ RED W'NGS 1[] D'TROIT 1G January 28, 2000 I hl' i)O l1 ll' B5

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These tuition hikes are outpacing raise rates. But today, the more common 7% the inflation rate as well as the growth of trend seems to be prepaid tuition. !Students living .off campus 140.% American's personal income. According Starting in Virginia and Florida about N1A indicates that the school did not provide~llt~fo ·U.S. News in a certain area, or that the data is not to a 1997 article in the Kentura County three years ago, prepaid tuition has applicable '} ..• Star (CA), in comparison with the year caught on. It in some form or another has to a particular school, such as in-state oro ili.-oi~#~te tuition for private schools. 1980 college tuition increased 234 per­ or will be adopted in almost half of the 50 "'All financial aid data is based on the tOl~J · ~&mt¥tof~ndergraduates who applied for aid. cent. In the same time period median states. The main idea behind the prepaid -A school is considered diverse if themii1pntY~opulation is gr~ater than the national average .of 17 percen' household income increased by only 82 tuition plan is to set up an account percent. There is a great disparity through the state for a younger child. between those two figures. It seems that The state will then invest the money. The the average American will eventually be guarantee is that your child will be cov­ How DOES WIDENER STACK Up? priced out of a college education. ered for tuition at any of a particular With tuition rates already seemingly state's public universities for four years. high for the average person, a question Some states even allow for the money to Deciding on how to compare Widener University to Northern region, Villanova University had the highest must be raised. Why are colleges contin­ be used at an out of state school. The other area schools was a diff ' cult task. Certainly there score with a 100. With this tier, a regional universities ually raising tuition? For the most part the state of Virginia felt that this was a feasi­ could not be a comparison with some schools like are defined as schools who "offer a full range of answer to this seems to be a steady ble solution for a growing concern. They Penn State, a lower cost public university. With the aid undergraduate programs and master's degrees but increase in operating expenses for insti­ estimated that while students at state uni­ of the annual college rankings by U:S. News and few, if any, doctoral programs". Out of these four tutes of higher learning. Schools argue versities in 1997 were paying $4,002 in World Report I was able to find some colleges that schools the University of Scranton had the highest that increases in the salaries of faculty tuition and fees for four-year schools, the could be fairly compared with Widener. Widener was overall score with a 85 for a 6th place ranking. Beaver members, the high expense of keeping totaIcost for four years in 2015 would be broken down as a regional university in the North College was next with a score of 71 and a ranking of up with current technology; and an $79,000. That adds up to an increase of division. Some other schools that were also part of this 20th. Widener and Rider finished tied for 36- with increase in the number of student ser­ about $64,000. tier, and had comparable tuition costs with Widener, overall scores of 66. The rankings are based on a vices are the main reasons for tuition While nearly everyone expects the cost were Beaver College. the University of Scranton. and number of criteria including an academic reputation hikes. These are all valid reasons that of things to go up over time, most are sur­ Rider University. All of these schools are private col­ score, graduation and retention rates, a faculty have been backed up by statistics. prised by the dramatic increases in leges and three are in Pennsylvania, Rider is located in resources rank, student / faculty ratio, and financial However, if tuition rates continue to rise tuition fees. Clearly things need to New Jersey. resources. some colleges will suffer as students are change so that everyone who has a dream Every school was given an overall score. In the forced to attend schools that cost less. of higher education can attend college. It Some contend that people make the is clear that governments, state and fed­ assumption that a college education is eral are doing what they can to best help overpriced and expensive. They feel that the situation. It is now time for the col­ outrageous tuition costs are overexagger­ leges themselves to step to the plate and ated by the high prices of a few schools. make things better. If things continue like The Ventura County Star article backs up this, colleges may see a decline in enroll­ this claim. It reported, "Of the 3688 col­ ment because students just can't afford leges and universities nationwide, only 61 the cost of education. have annual tuition of $20,000 or more." Also, at the time only 4.3 % of undergrad­ uates at four-year institutions attended a $20,000 and over school. According to a 1997 Boston Globe article, entering the 1997-1998 school year, the average cost for tuition and fees at a private four-year institution was $13,664. For public four­ year schools it was $3,iu. True, not every school has sky high tuition. But the current trend of raising tuition a mere 2 THE DOME PAGE 87 JANUARY 28, 2000 IA ES OORS

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